The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-24 00:00:00

FINE ARTS. We have just seen a coloured engraving of the new steamship, the Victoria, which was built lately at Hull, anl is now plying between that port and London. The ori ginal design from which the engrAving has been executed, we made by Mr. Ward, the marine artist. It gives, we under stand, a most correct view of the town of Hull, as taken from the Humber, and exhibits the Victoria to great a:!- vantage. The size of the plate is twenty-seven inches by eighteen. It is a very creditable specimen of coloured engraving. The artist is a gentleman named Reeve. - = - THE TWIN BARONETS AT STOCK- PORT. S TQI,IkPORT, SATURDAN, APRIL I:l.—The Stockport Adver tiser o f yester d ay announce d t h at Si r Francis Burdett and Sir o corge Sinclair, in consequence of a bombastic address pre- seated to the former by the mis-called Operative Couserva tivegi would visit them this day at four o'clock, p.m., and Address them in rho National School of the borough, and the Ivalls of the borough were plaearded with notices in very large chara cters to t h e same effi.ct. About four o'clock in the a ternoon, in purse ;ice of this notice, Sir Francis Burd ett, leani ng on the arm of Mr. Thomas Marsland, the Tory Mem ber for Stockport, and Sir George Sinclair, leaning familiarly on the arm of a grocer of Stockport, were seen app roachin g the school, which is situated in one of the most pop ulous dis tricts of Stockport. No one was there to meet them save the secretary, a young man in the employ of a thread-spinner, and 1 601.11 TWENTY of these so-called operatives, including the pa -...t several equally respectable individuals. Sir risk dent t, ' • --it- and as no meeting could be Fran c i s said he could not - -he and Sir George obtained to hear his miserable t w addling, - stay both left the place ander the pretence that they couiu on account of their other engagements. Sir Francis had for gotten that the men of Stockport had been once taken in by his turncoat speeches. The Reformers had at first intended to meet him by a depu tation of twenty-four men, each having in his hand a large lant ern ; but this plan was abandoned, from the utter insigni ficance in which his conduct has placed this contemptible poli tical catueleon. A more miserable failure for a public meeting, so ostenta tkusly announced, could not well be imagined. Neither cu riosit;, nor politics could cause a muster on this occasion. THE LATE CALAMITOUS FIRE AT ISLINGTON. CORONERS INQUEST ON THE THREE UNFORTUNATE SUF FERERS WHO PERIsHED. (Tbi3 morning. )—At half-past ten o'clock the enquiry touching the respective deaths of Elisha Cockrill, aged 20 ; John Cockrill, aged 31, and Henry Cock rill, aged 17 (brothers), the three unfortunate individuals who perished at the late fire in Paradise-place, Lower-street, Isling ton, was instituted at the King's Head, in the above street, be fore Mr. Sterling and a most respectable jury. Thomas Eason, examined—l am a labouring man; I knew the deceased persons, who resided with their parents in the same row of houses. The father is a manufacturer of fire works. About 5 o'clock on Sunday morning last, I heard an alarkst of fire, and on going out I saw flames issuing from the lower windows of Mr. Cockrill's house. A ladder was Placed against one of the windows which I ascended and assisted in getting the elder Mr. Cockrill out. He was slightly burnt and in a very exhausted condition. On looking through the window I saw that the room was enveloped in flames, and I found it impossible to enter. I saw a bed in side the window, on which was lying John and Henry Cockrill ; they appeared to be dead from suffocation. I did not see Elisha Cockrill ; owing to the heat and smother I was ob.!iged to descend the ladder. I afterwards saw Mrs. Cockrill, her daughter, and youngest son George ; they were laying in the back yard much exhausted and injured, having jumped from the windows. The house was soon consumed. lam unable to account for the origin of the fire. I was much burnt in my exertions in endeavouring to rescue the unfortu nate sufferers. The CORONER and Jury said that the conduct of the witness had been highly praiseworthy upon the melancholy occasion. Mr. Spring said that be should strongly recommend him to the Committee of the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire. Georgo Cockrill, the youngest surviving brother, was next examined—l went to bed about eleven o'clock on Saturday night, when all was safe. My father and three brothers slept in the same room. Elisha and Henry were my own brothers ; but John mas my mother's son by a former husband, named Glen. He was dumb, idiotic, and helpless. My brother Elisha was - a cabinet-maker, and Henry a painter. I was awoke early on Sunday morning be the cries of fire, when I found that the house was full of smoke, and I heard a crack ling noise like the burning of wood. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-.1(VIIIS DAY. DEAL, APRIL 23.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrived and proceeded the Lady Stewart, M‘Main, from Hamburgh, for Liverpool; the Lady Kenaway, Davis, from Leith, for New South Wales, has arrived and remains in the Downs; ar rived and remains, the Gambia, Penlick, from St. Mary's. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 23.—Wind W. to W. S. W.—Arrived her Majesty's ship, Portland„from Lisbon, sailed 13th instant. PLymouTit, Aram 22.—Wind \V.—Sailed the Arient, Clifton, for Trieste. FALMOUTH, APRIL 22.—Wind W. to W. S. W.—Sailed the Mile, Edgar, for St. Jago de Cuba. RoettEsrErt, APRIL 23.—Arrived the Tweedie, Brode, from Copenhagen. OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL, 23.—Arrived her Majesty's ship Dublin, from Rio Janeiro. COw E s, APRIL 9 3.—Ar rived the Serafin, Goutzer, and Goa, Victoriana, f:om Havannali. BRISTOL, APRIL 23.—Arrived the Zephyr , from Archan g el. L tv igaroob, APRIL 23.--Arrived the Chieftain, Peters, from St. Domingo; William Ritchie, Rogers, from New Orleans; Robert Scycz, Nicolls, from Porto-Cabello; George, from Zante ; Monmouth, from Licata ; and Hope, from Marseilles. Arrived off port, the Cambridge , from New York; Prudence, from Barbadoes ; and Splendid, from Mobile. WATERFORD, AP RI L 21,....-Arrived the Hope Nichols, from London. CORK, APRIL 21.—Arrived the William the Fourth (steamer), from London. ulliiLL, AP RIL 23.—A rr iv e d the Time, Luck , from Gotten hg ; William s , C oo k, from Harnburgh ; and Sea H orse (steamer),s" fr om R o tt er d am . B' L IRE, APRIL 17.—A barque. suppo sed to be the Union,, Mullen s , from London to St. Peters bur g , g ot on the Sand, and remained about an hour, but ultimately got off without assistance. LiVERFOOL APRIL 23.—The Reindeer, Watts, for Buenos Ayres, has returned into Dock with loss of bowsprit, head, and cutwater, having been run foul of by a steamer. _ The Chri s t op h er C o l um b ns , from Liverpool to Ba y Cha leur, and St. Mark, from Liverpool to New York, were spoken with on th e 1 3t h lust., in lat. 50 , lon. 17, b y the Cheshire, Galen, arr i ved at Liverpool. The Prince, of Brazil, from LonO.on, has arrived at Copen bag"' leaky, having been on shore, bound to Mobile. • llmoman.mm,mlllo=lllllll l l lolol / 1=1......" SIR FRANCIS BURDETT AND MR. D. W. HA RVEY.—.Sir George Sinclair, in his eloquent address at the . Manchest er C onserva ti ve festival, alluded t o a conspiracy which he i ns i s t e d h a d b ee n formed between the g overnment and thei r a dh erents to p r event his friend Sir F rancis from gist -1,.0 Ins vote against their Church spoliation measure, by inter wetiog the pairing off of the Hon. Baronet with any one of their party, at a time when he was believe d to be incapacitated rpm attending the House owing to a severe attack of the gout. That so complete was this confederacy, that even one of his nearest relatives dared not to pair off with him. In tos dilemma Sir George Sinclair stated at the meeting, that hethat a pplied to one of the Radical party, who instantly replied t 'at he could give no countenance to such an ungenerous sys tem of persecution, and expressed his readiness to pair off with `, 11 ,e then Hon. Member for Westminster. However, that Hon. Baronet at all hazards came down to tha House at two ° 'elGek in the morning, and released the Hon. Member for Southwark from an eiwagement which he did not the less ap preciate._ Weekly True San. T HE AUTHOR OF " THE SPY." —At last we B 1 :° IP have a new story of the S ea from the pen of Mr. Cooper, the great American n ovelist, who unluestionably stands at the head of living novelists in this class of literature. His new book is announced under the title of " Home,ward B.Do_und,,".and is, we hear, a story like his " Pilot," and Red ' who in as much as its action is entirely on the Sea. All remember Lon Tom Coffin, in " The Pilot," well knoll, what to - from such a master of fiction as Mr. expec Copper, when relating a story on his own element. The novels of Scott are not more universally admired than the P r oductions of this gifted author. WARsAw, APRIL 1 3 . —We learn from Cracow that the Vistula had on the 9th again risen two feet t hree inches, t and that the mountains are still covered with great masses of snow, so that a sudden change of temperature may.l ca use the Vistula to overflow a second time in the spring. lIAMBURGII, APRIL 20. —he Cassel Linlversal:, Gazelle, says that M. E. licestedt, who a been agaia! elected as Deputy by the landowners in Lunenburg, has ad-' dressed a letter to his' constituents, in which he expresses hiffl gratitude for the unexpected honour they have done him byl re-electing bins after his resignation, and his satisfaction at their approbation of his declared ppinions of the unix- paired validity of the Constitution of 1833, and of the incompetence of the present Assembly of the Estates. REGISTER OF PUBLIC SALES, APRIL 23.—8 Y Mr. H. Haines, at the Mart.—The Bull's Head Inn, Ewell, Surr e y ; on the main road to and from Epsom, held for 11 years, at -:6/. 103.-455/. The Woodman Tavern, Western hill, Norwood, Surrey, held for 32 years, at 100/. per annum — 1,605 guineas. BRUSSELS, Aran. 20.—Their Majesties will shortly quit their residence at Brussels, and spend some time at the palace of Lacken previous to their usual excursion in the fine season. Monsienore. Raphael Fornari, accompanied by the Abbe Spinelli, had an audience yesterday. the 19th, of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and presented to him his cre dentials as Charge d'Affaires of the Holy See to the Govern ment of his Majesty the King of the Be l g ians. The arrival of m onsienore Fornari terminate the f unctions p erformed pd in terim b'y the Abbe Spinelll.—Moniteur Beldre. M. Van de Weyer, ,Tuge d'lnstruction in the Tri bunal of th e Fi rst I ns t a nce at Brussels, and father of our Am. l . asador at L on d on , died suddenly at his own house on Mon day, after baying been engaged till loon o'clock in the Court, and passing th e even i ng at the tavern, • WINDSOR-MONDAY. This afternoon, at two o'clock, the Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchesf3 of Kent, and attended by Viscount Melbourne, Lady Mary Stopford, Lady Barham, Lord and Lady Gardiner, Miss Davys, the Hon. C. Murray Colonel Weniyss, Hon. Miss Cocks, Baroness Lehzen, tine Hon. Miss Murray, and Mr. Fozard, left the Castle on horse back, and although the weather was overcast and showery, the royal party remained out a long time. Sir James Clerk, private physician to the Queen, has lef! the Castle for town. The Queen will take her departure for Buckingham Palace, to-morrow afternoon, at three o'clock. Her Mejesty will return to the Castle about the Ist of June. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took a carriage !drive yesterday. The Earl of Durham left town yesterday morning for Portsmouth, to embark in her Majesty's ship Hastings, for Canada. Lord John Russell and Lard Glenelg had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down. ing-street. Captain Spalding and Mr. Pennington had an interview with Lord Glencig yesterday, at the Colonial. office. The Right Hon. C. P. Thomson arrived in town yesterday. Mrs. Baring, the lady of Mr. Francis Baring, Secretary of . the Treasury, expired yesterday morning, at her residence in Belgrave-square. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The fourth concert of the associated body of musicians, de. signaled by the above title, took place last night at the Hanover-square Rooms. The room was full to excess, and an opinionum b e o r f of n la n goody distinguished judg c e s h a p r a r e c s t e e r n s t w t e h r i e s w as P r e s t e h n e t . In the b e st con • •ea l , been prodilc b cert e the Society .,F this season, both in point of selection and execution. s'y belt we sly this, how ever, we allude merely to the opinion of those who are really competent to estimate the value of musical merit both theoreti tally and practically, for it is more than probable that to many of those who patronised the Society from motives of fashion, the concert of last night was considered, in many respects, a dull and tedious affair. The whole of the first part was devoted to . the Grand Choral Sinfonia of Beethoven, Opera 125. This extraordinary composition was the last and most elaborate, of not the greatest work of the " mighty master ;" and is so far in advance of every other musical work, and even, perhaps, of the age in which we live, that the whole of its beauties have, not yet been understood and felt. There are parts, howai ever, which stand out with surpassing force and effect to the most uncultivated car; the " scherzo," for instance, where the introduction of an odd rhyth of three bars, forms a singular and striking peculiarity. The magnificent Adagio in B flat, a key for which this composer seems to have entertained a strong predilection, is sufficient of itself to have stamped Beethoven one of the greatest geniuses of his age and country. In the commencement, however, of what is called the Finale, before the introduction of the chorus, we confess the design of the composer appears to us to be wholly unintelligible. The Re citative, played by the violincellos and double-basses, with occasional fragments of the former part of the allifonia inter vening, is obscure in intention and harsh in effect, and eau only be reconciled to the ear by the singularly strange and surpris ing contrast it affords to the lovely movement in D, which it introduces, the basses commencing the subject in unison. The working of this motive with the chorus, beggars all de scription ; it must be heard, and heard again, before a tithe of its beauties can be discovered. The subject in six-eight, a la niarcia , and the progress of the composition to its termina tion, still rising and increasing in effect, with inexhaustible invention, ultimately attains a climax to which there is no par ralel either in ancient or modern music. The length of this sinfonia has been a subject of complaint. Its entire performance occupies an hour and a quarter. An act of an Italian opera is longer, and there is more variety in this one sinfonia than in twenty acts of twenty Italian operas. As some of our musical readers may not have heard, or having heard may have forgotten the history of this sub lime effort of genius, we may be forgiven for a-slight allusion to the subject. It was written expressly for the Philharmonic Society, and was performed soon after its completion at the Argyle Rooms, in 1825. Will it be credited that the So ciety kept a composition so transcendent reposing quietly on their shelves till last year, 1837, when it was played for the second time? Either an inexcusable ignorance of the merits of the composition, or, still worse, a paltry feeling of eco nomy, kept it so long from the public, and it has only been forced upon the attention of the Society recently from its having been brought forward at what are considered inferior concerts. In regard to its performance of last night, upon the whole it has been heard to go better, which we principally at tribute to the conductor on this occasion, Mr. Moscheles, who did not seem to define the time of the several movements very clearly, a duty which ought to have been performed with great strictness and determination, on account of the very fre quent and sudden changes. To . Nlr. Loder, the leader of the band, we arc probably indebted for its going as well as it did; and we sincerely hope the next time the sinfonia is played, it will have the benefit of a more experienced and less fidgetty con ductor. The chorus was fairly sung, and would have been better had all parties been actuated by a wish to understand and do their duty. The boys sang very indifferently, and were gig gling and playing tricks with each other throughout. We do not expect much excellence, in .the vocal way, at the Philharmonic, and therefore we need merely mention that the singers were—Mrs. Bishop, Miss M. B. Hawes, Messrs. Horncastle, Balfe, Brizzi, &c. There were, however, two instrumental solos, which must be noticed, a concerto for the violoncello, by Mr. Hausmann, and one for the flute, by Mr. Heinemeyer, First flute , r s the p ro g ram me informed us, to the King of Hanover. Pagan i n i, w e thi nk , has much to.- answer for, in having made coxcombs of all the young violii, and violoncello players. Mr. Hausmann is, no doubt, a g ood performer, and if he would not attempt to do that which is not worth doing, might pass at least without c:nsure. But his constant attempts at sliding up to a note, which he never by any chance contrives to hit in the right place, and his repetition, ad nauseam, of passages in octaves, invariably out of tune, were no doubt the causes of that general satisfaction ,which seemed to accompany the termination of his concerto. The flute concerto was a remarkably fine performance, particularly the air of " God save the Emperor," with variations, which were moat effective. All was clear in execution, and pure in quality of tone. The concert closed ; somewhat out of the usual course, with a vocal piece. It was from " William Tell,' an opera little known in this country. The extraordinary merit of the por tion introduced last night, leads us to hope that, ere long, we may hear more of a work which is considered to be Rossini's chef (rceuvre. Hil The Marchioness of Downshire and the Ladies giro their second ball and supper, an Friday evening, in Pit nover-square. The Duke of Wellington will give a sumptuous ba quet at Apsley House, on Sunday 6th May, to the Dukes of Newcastle and Buccleuch, Marquises of Salisbury and Bute, Lords Lyndhurst, Ellenborough, &c. His Grace is expected to return to town to-day, from Strathfieldsaye, haying con• sented to preside, as Master of t he Trinit y House, at a dinner at the London Tavern to-morrow. Sir R. and Lady Bulkeley Philipps gave a dinner party, on Saturday last, to the Duchess Countess of Suther land, the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, and the Ladies Campbell, Mr. and Lady Gertrude Sloane Stanley, Lord Duncan, Sir Charles Dalbiac, &c. Lord and Lady Rolle arrived in town yesterday from their scat, Bicton Lodge, North Devon. Lord Howick and the Master of the Mint are ex pected to return to town on Wednesday next ; the Noble Secretary of War from Leamington Spa, and the Right lion. Gentleman from Stony, near Bridgewater, Somerset. A matrimonial alliance is talked of in the fashion able world between Viscount P n and the Dowager Countess of C r. Her Ladyship has bee n a widow about ten months, and has one unmarried daughter. A marriage is expected to take place between Vis count Galway and Miss Henrietta Milnes, only daughter of Robert Pemberton Milnes, Esq., of Bawtry Hall.—Doncaster Gazette. Lord Sefton's health is improving, and his Lordship was able to occupy his box at the Opera on Saturday. Mr. Goldsrnid, one of the official assignees of the Court of Bankruptcy has resigned. The Duke of Northumberland has subscribed the munificent sum of 500/. to the fund for defraying the expenses of the approaching meeting of the British Association in this town,—Newcastle Chronicle. The collection of prize flowers exhibited by the gar dener to Mr. Lahoucbarc, of Hamilton, on Saturday, at the floreultural show, we,: despatched by the society at six p.m. the same day to Windsor Castle, a 3 a bouquet for her Majesty. The delightful little villa of Holly Lodge, at High gate, is undergoing improvements by the direction of the Duke of St. Albans. Great alterations arc made in the grounds, and it is expected the whole will be thrown open to the fashion. able world this summer. The parties in the late will cause at the Old Bailey] I arc, it is said, about to change places ; the prosecutors bein about to be prosecuted for a conspiracy. Lord Suffield arrived at the Clarendon Hotel fro Newmarket, where his Lordship entertained a party during the race week. Lord March (son of the Duke of Richmond) came up to town with the Noble Lord. Count and Countess Chorinsky, attended by M. Desrnet, valet to the Austrian Ambassador, and accompanied by Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, arrived at Chandos House on Saturday evening, from Vienna, on a visit to Prince Ester hazy. The Countess left England with her mother, the p,i i sess Esterhazv, in the winter of 1630, since which period she has obi visited England. Prince do Lieven is expected to arrive in England at the close of next month, in the suite of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia, who is now at Berlin. Lord Ward will be introduced to the House of Lords, and will take the necessary oaths and his seat, previous to leaving England for the Continent. Colonel Henry Bontittek, of the Coldstream Guards, Military Secretary to Major-General Sir Alexander Wood ford, Governor of Gibraltar, has ard at Necot's Hotel, cliff)rd-struet, with despatches from - 1,1:s Excellency for Lord Glcnetg. The I-Ton. Mrs. Chapple Norton has recovered from her illness, and, accompanied by her uncle, Mr. Charles Brill siey Sh e ridan, was among the fashionable equestrians in the Heicent's Pail yesterday afternoon, THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL 24, W3B. TO' THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. MR. EDITOR,—A paragraph having - lately appeared in the columns of the Railway Gazette, on the communication be tween the South of Ireland and London, wherein it is stated that the steam-packets, plying between Waterford and Bris tol, " are frequently detained two tides before they can reach the latter place;" now, Sir, I think there can be no greater proof of the superior eligibility of the Milford station for the commun ication between the island s than this sentence. To Milford they are freque ntl y onl y eleven hours. steaming from Waterford, which wi th the accommo-rlation afforded to the whole of South Wales , with its extensive coal, iron, and cop per works, are sufFrient inducements to continue the present line of communication, At Milford excellent accommodation has been provided for the shipping, without slings of horses, carriages, &c., for the steam packet at all times of tide runs alongside the pier, and passengers and cattle walk on board, If the Post Office would permit those vessels to leave Water ford only two hours earlier than the present arrangement, the atsarre would always be mad e b y da y li g ht, and that the y should do so the're it no possible excuse to the contrary, for there is no mail arrives there after bix o'clock in the n.orning. For the information of your numerous readers travelling th a t route, I beg the insertion of theac remarks, and hoe tie honour to be, Sir, yours obediently, A SMODEUS. April 17, 1838. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. you permit me, through the medium of yo ur widely circulated paper, to inquire of some of your numerous official readers, of whom I crave a reply, whether the principal or any other officers of her Majesty's Dockyards would be permitted by the Board of Admiralty to act as agent, o r b y the authority of an executorship, conduct the private business of an extensive estate during the minority of the heir. 1 shall feel particularly obliged if any one will favour me, b y means of your paper, with a reply, stating the practice likely to be adopted by the Lords mmisF.ioners in such an instance. I am, S C ir, o your obedient servant, J. W. 16120, 1838. SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON. Yesterday being St. George's Day, the Society of Anti quaries met at their apartments in Somerset-place, in pur suance of their Statutes and Charter of Incorporation, to elect a President, Council, and Officers of the Society for the year ensuing : Whereupon— George, Earl of Aberdeen, Ilis Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, T. Amyot, Esq., N. Carlisle, Esq., Sir H. Ellis, ELEVEN of the Council, were r, And— John Gage, Esq., . H. Gurney, Esq., H. Hallam, Esq., W. H. Hamilton, Esq., Sir F. Madden, Rt. Hon. C. W. W. Wynn, •c -chosen of the New Council— G. F. Beltz, Esq., Rt. Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart., Sir F. L. Chantrey, T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., W. D. Haggard, Esq., Charles, Lord Bishop of Ripon, H. G. Knight, Esq., P. F. Robinson, Esq., E. H. Locker, Esq., T. Stapleton, Esq., TEN of the other Members of the Society, were chosen of the New Council, and they were severally declared to be the Council for the year ensuing ;—And, on a Report made of the Officers of the Society, it appeared, that— George, Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., was elected President. Thomas Amyot, Esq., Treasurer. John Gage, Esq., Director. Nicholas Carlisle, Esq., Secretary, and Sir Henry Ellis, iat., Secretary,—. And they were accordingly severally declared to' be the Officers of the Society for the year ensuing. The Society afterwards dined together at the Freemasons' Tavern, in Great Queen-street, according to annual custom. IRELAND. • DUBLIN, APRIL '2l. (FROM outs owN CORRESPONDENT.) - Truth is generally disregarded, and ignorance, adulation, or hatred, are mixed up with all that is published relative to the present Government of Ireland. Thus wrote one of Ireland's most enlightened friends, the late Dr. Doyle, about thirteen years ago, when the condition of society here, as to party feel ing, resembled, in many points, the state in which it is at pre sent. The only difference between the two p eriods is, th t the acquisition of those great national privileges—Emancipati on and partial Reform—has, in the interim, placed the popular party in a position from which they can vindicate to themselves, if it be not their own fault, a full participation in the further blessings of the British Constitution. We have a Govern ment too, which seems disposed, but are hardly capable of es tablisking such changes, adaptations, and improvements in our social system, as the exigencies of the times prescribe. In other respects our situation is not only similar to what it was in 1824 and 1825, but it is even worse as regards the fu ture peace and prospects of the country, if something be not shortly done by the Legislature, to avert the - impending evils. It is true there is tranquillity ; and the laWs are better. administered than heretofore ; but no Governmenteadminis tering the laws as they now are, can acquire the character of • wisdom and strength, necessary to perpetuate its policy, by , commanding respect for the executive authority in a free na tion. Earl Mulerave may have succeeded in pacifying the people, but there are elements of discord in fermentation which no prudence will be able to control, should accident aid the ability of those who are now acting as if for the purpose of producing an explosion. Some facts which have come to my knowledge since the commencement of the present term will illustrate the grounds of these gloomy anticipations. It is well known that the country has been long since considerably dttmoralived, and th e difficulty of administering the laws increased' by the tithe sys tem. That demoralisation and that difficulty must be necessa rily increased by the efforts now making to levy the obnox ious impost from individuals who have not paid it for the last six years at least; and some of whom never paid or cootern plated the possibility of their being obliged to pay it. T wo cases, which I shall mention presently, will tend to demon strate the effects likely t o b e produced by a further delay in the adjustment of the question. How these nob lemen and gentlemen, who hav e b e en primarily instrumental in causing this delay, and who still persevere in their opposition to the most amicable settlement that can b e well contem p l ated , shall answer to their conscience and the ir countryihereaftseiri,alll leave to themselves to determine , when the efforts of the tithe-owners to obtain their legal but inequitable rights, have suspended the operation of law, and per ha p s d riven this country into rebellion. A. B. a landholder having a p resent interest of ab ou t four hundred a-year, in the lands which he occupies in one of the south eastern counties, is indebted to the executors of his father in the arrears of- a rent charge, to the said father during his life, and also in an an nuity to a poor widow; both chargeable on the lands . in his possession. Some of his cottiers, or workmen too, owe small sums to the said executors ; and others of them are entitled t 3 legacies out of the assets, if any, of which the debts mentioned form a considerable part. A. B. is also indebted to the Pro testant Rector of the parish—himself and all his workmen are Roman Catholics, like the great majority of his countrymen— for several years tithe, and tithe composition. 'File rector and ethers entitled to the tithes have been suing him during the last tour or five years ; and have only succeded in rendering himself an outlaw, and all his people desperately hos tile to process-servers, and the other functionaries of the law. The consequence is, that no bailiff in the county can be induced to serve writs of any kind now upon A. B. or his cotters, and the widow's annuity is unpaid and the executor cannot collect the debts due to the testator; even though forming the principal part of these assets out of which the legacies are to he paid, and which legacies are clamoured for by those very individuals whom the bailiffs most appre hend. In fact A. B. has been so often visited of late by bai ids on account of tithes, and the latter arc become so odious that they run a risk of being murdered when they appear in the neighbourhood in question, without inquiry as to their ,business. The other case is that of a Middleman, who having .paid a fine about thirty years ago became the lessee of a farm consisting of two hundred acres of land at a guinea an acre, and shortly after let it to under tenants for nearly double that rent, it being all tolerably good land. He has had, therefore, for his capital or fine, then advanced, neatly 2001. a year ever since, on which, upon another small farm, he supported and educated a respectable family. The occupying tenants paid no tithes during the last eight or ten years; and in 1833 . the head landlord undertook, under Stanley's Act, to pay said tithes, and recover the amount from his immediate tenant, ac cording to the provisions of that Act. There are now five years' arrears due, amounting to nearly two years profit rent to the Middleman, and for which he is sued. He cannot, even if willing, pay itahaving exnded all his income here tofore in educating and providing for his family ; and he is now old, and dependent on this profit rent itself for subsistence for himself and one child still unprovided for. It is vain for him to expect being able to recover over from the occupying t e nants, whose impunity from such payments so long , not less than the .example and encouragement of their neighbours, many o hom, b of Golbourn or Stanle's A are _ ct, liberated for c e for the eve operation r from the execrated impost, will render them callous to the sufferings of their immediate lan dlord, and un willing to sympathise with him, or partake of his misfortune. The inevitable consequence must be, that his interest in the farm will be sold by the head landlord for the debt and costs, and lie will be.for ever evicted from that which he hoped to be beneficial to him in his old age. If, in stating these two cases, I have in the least deviated from the facts, as provable in a court of law, it is only for the purpose of making the baneful effects of the present working of the tithe system intelligible to your readers, and there is no material exaggeration. Both cases show plainly in how many instances the fountains of law arid justice may be stopped up, or their channels so obstructed, by the accummulated evils of that detestable impost, as to render any appeal to its interference impracticable. To sup pose that such a state of things can continue, and that the tithe-owners can go on in the prosecution of their (no doubt legal, but singularly immoral and outrageous, considering the feelings of the people, and opinion of the world) preposterous. They demands, is cannot do so, without stirring up a spe cies of Guerilla warfare against the laws—a relaxation of the , habits of civilisation among all classes of society—andt Per haps, ultimately a rebellion, which neither Whig nor TORY Government shall be able to suppress, before it has given a retrogade impulse to the destinies of the empire. This, lam sure, the leading Tories themselves would willingly avoid, even at the risk of being much longer subjected to the priva tion of place and power, If, hi the prevent almost baleoced posture of political should unfortunately turn the scale in favour of Toryism!theY parties in the Legislature, goy accident 'catastrophe Isere portended could not he ai:prted, 'The Pre /Pt Government ? manifesting ,‘ good intentioo3," mai be able to conciliate the people, even though persecuted, and-prevent an owbreak of that• di3content, which, from hopes of better thing.: daring the last few years, had almost subsided. But if their endeavours shall not succeed better in legislation, cr if their opponents persevere in thwarting the Irish measures, I fear the consequences herein stated as likely to ensue, from the more latent, but not less certain symptoms of the present state of eland, will ba realteed. It is with the hope that good men of all parties will be unanimous in preventing a worse state of things than exists at present, I have ventured to draw public attention to matters, which, in the calm of comparative tranquillity and content, may not be foreseen, or he disregarded. The two cases already mentioned, however, out of the multitude of the same kind that miJ,lit be cited, will abundsnily prove the operation of a system alike destruc, five of present and future peace and national improvement, and may tend more to the elucidation of the truth, as regards this country than a recital of the more ordinary of passing events. LORD BANDON'S TENANTRY.—The case of Lord Bandon's tenantry upon his estete of Kinneigh, in the west of the county of Cork, to which the recent extraordinary proceedings attempted to be instituted against them have given notoriety, is again refared to in the Cork Southern Reporter, %liich j we have received to-day. Mr. Swete, Lord Baia m's agent, on the 30th of November last, published A lettee, which i!.:0-11: republished, purporting to assign the reasons for (hiving from their homes, and deprivirg of their means of livelihood, some hundreds of unfortunate creatures. Gentlemen resident in the vicinity of the town, connexions of the Bandon family, and professing to speak the sentiments of its head, but probably without sufficient, or any authority whatever, explained the cause of expulsion in summary terms to be, that the delin quents were Catholics, and that the Noble Lord had formed the determination of never letting land to any perscn rrofes.s ing that creed. Mr. Swote may be considered an authorized expositor of the Noble Lord's views, and we therefore extract from that gentleman's letter the paragraph which purports to set forth the grounds of expelling the tenantry:— " The farms In question, for half a century out of Lord Bandon's controul, fell into his hands, by the death of Mr. H. Gillman, the sole tenant. The question arose, was Lord Ban don to recognize immediately the tenants of Mr. Gillman as his own ? He must inquire into the state of the district in which they lived. He did so, and he found it confessedly and unfortunately notorious for crime, disaffected in no ordinary degree during the disturbed times of 1822, &c. ; the scene of not unfrequent and recent murder, which could be brought to light; the land on which but lately two of the revenue police men had been barbarously massacred in open day before a crowd of witnesses, not one of w hem would convict the well : well known murderers ; the head-quarters of illicit distillation, with its ruinous evils. Ile, moreover, found the village connecßandonwith it in a demoralized condition. Should Lord Bandon have quietly continued this state of things ? Every lover of peace and morality would decide not. He felt the same." After showing the utter groundlessness, the insufficiency, the inconsistency, and absurdity of the reasons assigned by his Lordship's agent, the Reporter makes the following observa tions :—" The legal proceedings in this matter reported in our last number are absolutely without parellel or precedent , and such as must engage the attention and excite the astonishment of the whole country. Here is a proceeding at the instance of a Nobleman—amember himself of the final Appellate Juris diction of the Empire—and whose legal proceedings, when he was obliged to have recourse to them, should he looked to as offording an example of every thing strictly correct and regular, and what do we find? First, a summary proceeding, of doubt- NI legality, adopted on the authority of the antiquated and ob solete statutes, and two magistrates, whose knowledge of law must be presumed to be moderate, required to act in a ease which w o uld r e q u i re a ll the teeming and experience of a court of super io r j ur i s di c ti on , Neet, an assessor appointed, ex parte, .t the instan ce o f Lord Bandon's attorney; and finally the same attorney returning the jury under the authority of the Sheriff. L es t this latter statement may appear incredible, we re-publish th e f o ll o wing passage from the report of the pro ceedings in o u r l a st publication : " Assessor—l'll make a note of the irregularity com plained returned r Fc . ournsna yere the —tt _r Jdßurbyye theLuilstaad " Mr. Bull en —Of the f a ct that the plaintiff's agent filled up and . :ir .authority of tli the at Slieriff. Mn, -° authority. Pray, show it me." " Since the foregoing was written and in type, we have re. ceived information which, wider all circumstances, we deem somewhat satisfactory, at least for the present. " We understand that the High Sheriff of the County has declined to comply with the new precept issued by the Magis trates, Mr. Gore Jones and Mr. Conner, of Manch, who so creditably conducted themselves at the sessions on Saturday, to issue a new jury for to-morrow, intimating that ho would take it upon himself to suspend making any return until he .liould be further advised in the matter, the proceeding being heretofore without precedent in his Bailiwick." Loan BANDON'S TENANTRY.—(From the cork Southern Reporter of Saturday last. ) Something in the shape of a de fence of these proceedings is at length attempted, The first point made is an ingenious one. " The pet'iol'es whom Lord Bandon has resolved on ejecting are not, end never were, his tenants, or the tenants of any of his family. Mr. Gillman was c nf. ssedly the sole tenant of these ground:, and if he chose to sub-let them it was an act over which Lord Bandon had no control, which probably was nioat contrary to his wish, and at all events part-of a system which, next to Popery, has been the most fruitful source of the misery and degradation that have so long afflicted the country—a system the evils of which became at length to intolerable as to call for the interposition of the Legisla ture to put a stop to it by the passing of the Sub-letting Act," In order to do every justice to this brilliant suggetAion, ss give it in the terms in which it appears in the Co ns tit u ti on o f this morning. Mr. Gillman was the solo tenant to a great tract of laud, and according to the doctrine above indicated, should, w e presume, have been its sole occupant. That Mr. Gillman, and the members of' his family who preceded him as the immediate tenants of Lord Bandon, and his ancestors, were not the sole occupants of this large tract, but sub-let it in farms of a suitable size to industrious and improving tenants, was " part of the system which, next to Popery, has been the most fruitful source of the misery and deg ra d a ti on t h at h ave so long afflicted the: country." The two sources of the evils which desolate the country are here clearly developed. Popery is one, and that a single tenant should not be the exclusive occupant of an immense tract of land, is the other. The proceeding on these obsolete statutes will, it seems, be persevered in, though no instance has occurred of their 'levies been put in force in this country. Serious doubts, we under stand, exist, whether they are law in Ireland—doubts strengthened by the fact of their having never been acted on. Supposing moat that qu..stion to be ra i se d b e f ore M r. G ore Jones and serious difficulty attendant on thi s anoma l ous proce d ure is, thatAsir e; Daniel difficult legal qu es ti ons arc lik e l y to b e stirred, fit only a for discussion and decision in a superior Court, which two Me , gistrates, moderately skilled in law, arc expected to dispose of, u tn ia nd. The Sheriff has, it appears, taken time to make a ; return to the second p:ecept which has been issued, and it is Doherty will figure in the capacity of Returning I not probable that on the next Court day at the Balineen Ses- M" The publicity which has been c ,ffi er. given to the proceed ingstines will at least prevent that anomaly. facceelstitlleirneyinhasviteu'aetxioisnt:dn,ecwlo,,sto,iii( striking, te OUTWARD BOUND," BY TIIE AUTIIOR OF distinguishing marks of a successful di RATTLIN, TILE RELI , ER."—If to pourtray characters so al " l •h tlL c se ' stained interest of Williams. vialwi•nervrdiietdealirfyn,tt.eettrlriticeastt exist, a i u it' t lg h e'n o r olb.dee l a i succeeded t a dto s ehrpel eight last work. Indeed, it offers just that sort of pabulum that the between twelve and ()Net excitement, so G ardentlyo young,the Li,viii.d e Is itersae hero e e r r o , Til a si insad novelsaclla. ct haslol Caleb b e On Saturday morning, about half- past ye „ rs o f age, the son of respectabl e parents, residing in \\lite Lion-street, Pentonville, was proceeding along a youth named Alfred Digby, when a dog that was on the step of • a door suddenly flew out on him, and fastening on his right cheek, bit completely through it. The owner of the dog is not known. SACRILEGE.—On Wednesday night some fellow otCl'icrirlootsecsekfs;treet, Islington, perpetrated the following shameful robbery in Hereford Ca thedral. Ile , appears to have concealed himself in the Cathe dral during prayers, and afterwards proceeded to the library, where he-succeeded in carrying of Bishop Trillick's crosier, the episcopal ring (having an amethyst set in gold), and the bulls or seal belonging to it. All these valuable relics were found some years since in digging the grave covering the Bishop's remains, and where they had been deposited in the year 1340. It is supposed that the thief has taken these things for the purpose of selling them to some antiquary, — Hereford Journal. On Tuesday a joiner named John Robertson, who was employed in some alterations at the Gas Works, missed his footing on a beam 20 feet from the ground, and fell upon a piece of cast iron machinery, and was killed upon the spot. One of hi s arms was b ro k en i n t wo places, and several of his ribs were fractured. He was about 50 years of age, and has left a widow and ono son.—Edinburgh Courant. On Saturday, at the Insolvent Debtors' Court, Simon Dickson Horsley was opposed by Mr. Mansfield, the proprietor of the Russell Tay.;.rn, Covent -garden Piazzas, and by Mr. Harding, of Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street. In the course of the insolvent's examination, he stated that he was a Doctor of M e di c i ne i n New York, and that h e was a n a tive of the United St ates , a nd that his father left ver y limited p ro p er ty in th e S tate o f M assac husetts; that he died many years ago,, and, upon th e i n solvent becoming of a g e, be had sold his in terest in this farm, and had spent the money long ago ; tkis having t a k en pl ace four years since , an d that he received the co untry term ) re mittances f ro m his mother to the amou nt of about 1,000 dollars annually ; she .was a " common trad eswomar." (accordin g t o! hoyv—(a laugh)-he attributed his insolvency to living boyondl in New York ; he g ot into th© bills some.. ' hi , means. Mr. Mansfield stated that the insolvent owed hind 1541 ., and had paid him 1001. from June to December last; be rep resente d hi mse lf as possessed of property in America, worth 800/. or 1,0001. a year; ho had giv en witness a bill o his mother, and then countermanded it in a letter to her. Mr Hardi ng ' stated that the insolvent owed h im 41/. ; he had re. eeived 34/. ; he had been put to 25/. expense by the insolvents) defending the action, The Court, in pronouncing judgment, commented severely on the conduct of Mr. Mansfield, an en couraging such reckless expenditure, and said thel would not remand the insolvent at his suit ; but at the t',',lit Of Mr. Hard ing he was adjudged to five rnontW imprisonment, Ott o c %iiutlay the immense in.nutactoty of Mr. J. Bright, at Rochdale', which - Ws a frontage of 171 feet in length, an d was five 444 . 4.1 es high, was, with all the InachinerY, completely burned to the ground, The loss exceeds 30,0004, but it is nearly covered by the insurance,—.shellieici iit- Clellen(ktit, i ' '''. RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SOCIE'n OF SCOTLAND. INSTITUTED AT GLASGOW, 1838. PREFACE.—There is no class of society exempt from contingencies, or free from the vicissitudes of fortune ; bu if there be any body of men more liable than another ti these causualties, perhaps it is Commercial Traveller, The nature of their occupation exposes them, in a mac: greater degree than the resident citizen, to the inclemencie: of every season, and the chances of the numerous accidents of travelling ; and it is a fact too well known, that the emoluments of their profession seldom enable them to make provision against such evils. Impressed with the importance of considerations arising from these circumstances, and desirous of providing song remedy, a meeting of Commercial Travellers was held at Glasgow in 1837, at which it tvas resolved to form a Friendly Society, upon the principle of mutual support ii. time of need, and for the purpose of securing at death sum Sufficient for interment, The I,,,nowina .• government of the institution were accordingly prepared view of meeting those objects; the Table of Con tribution and Aliment being based on the experience of the Highland Society of Scotland. RULES, &c. I.—NAME AND OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY.—The nano of the Society shall be the " Commercial Travellers' Society of Scotland," and be composed of an indefinite number of Members. Glasgow shall be the scat of its operations, and the place where all meetings of the Society shall be held ; and it shall not be com . petent at any time to alter said title, or remove its management from that city. The object of the Society is to establish a fund for the re lief of Members, who may be retdered incapable of attend ing to business in consequence of sickness, and for securing a reversionary payment for funeral charges on the death of Members. And to these, the declared purposes of the So ciety, the whole funds shall be applied. H.—PERSONS ELIGIBLE, AND FORM OF ADMISSION. —Applicants for admission must be upwards of twenty years of age, and have travelled for at least three months. The Applicant must be recommended to the Society by a Member, at an Ordinary Meeting of the Directors. At the meeting following, the application shall be considered, and if then approved of by a majority of votes taken by bal lot, he shall be dtAared eligible for Membership ; and on producing to the Secretary, eight days at least, before the succeeding meeting, a certificate of health under the hands of the Society's Surgeon, with satisfactory evidence csf a ge , he shall, at said meeting, lac admitted a Member ; and en paying the sum of two pounds sterliu,D, in name of entry money, and subscribing the regulations, in twelve months thereafter, be entitled tu participate in all the privileges of the Society ; Persons under twenty-one years of age shall not he admitted Members without the consent of their parents, masters, or guardians. lUSIDENT - MEMBERS TO APPOINT AN AGENT.—Members not resident within the Parliamentary houndaries of the City of Glasgow, must. appoint an agent within these hounds to pay their contributions, and receive their aliment ; of which appointment intimation must be given to the Secretary in writing: and all notices of arrears intimations of meetings, alterations of rules, and other such matters, addressed to the Agent, shall be held as delivered to the Member. IV.—CONCEALMENT OR FRAUD, AND REFUSAL OF ALIMENT, PUNISHED BY EXPULSION.—Any Member who may be proved to the satisfaction of the Directors to have concealed any existing disease tending to impair health, or having been knowingly or viciously the cause of his in disposition, or of having claimed or obtained aliment upon a false pretence, or who may be judicially convicted of crime, shall be expelled the Society, and forfeit all claims thereon ; and any Member wilfully failing to apply for, or refusing to reeeire aliment when awarded, shall be liable to expulsion from the Society at the first General Meeting held after the offence, unless upon cause shown to the contrary. V.—CONTRIBUTIONS, WIDEN PAYABLE, AND ALIMEN TARY TABLE.—The contributions of Members shall be payable annually, in advance, upon Ist January or Ist July (as may be fixed by the !Members at the time of entering the Society), or by a single payment agreeably to the lel lowing Table,--annual contributions being redeemable at any period by a single payment, corresponding to the ago at which any Member may wish to redeem the same,—de ducting always the value of the sums already paid by him into the Society ; which value shall be ascertained by the proportion which the annual contribution of the Member wishing to redeem, bears to the annual contributon re quired from a new entrant of the same age.* Entrants in the course of the year, shall pay at entry, the proportion of the annual contribution commensurate with the part of the year to run. CONTRIBUTIONS, Single Annual \ Sink Payment Payment Payment Annual for ai for z3A for an Payment , ayments Payments Single Annual A " , g Aliment Aliment Assurance for the of 203 of 00s. of 104. same. together. together. Weekly. Weekly. at Death. X. s . 4. s. 4. £ s. 4. £. s. 8. s 8. £ . s. tl. 21 25 16 8 7 8 3 0 5 0 3 3 28 17 1 110 11 22 35 6 8 8 3 1 5 0 3 4 3::1) 8 1 12 0 23 26 18 4 9 8 3 2 5 0 3 5 :X1 0 9 13 1 24 27 12 6 10 9 3 5 0 :3 6 .",013 11 14 3 25 0 8 010 11 10 3 4 6 0 3 7 31 15 4 1., 5 26 29 7 6 13 1 3 5 7 0 3 8 4.' 13 1 16 9 27. 30 5 0 14 4 3 6 8 0 3 9 33 11 8 18 1 08 31 3 4 15 7 3 7IV 0 311 114 11 2 1-19 6 29 3° 2 2 117 I 3 9 1 0 4 0 35 11.3 '2 1 I 30 ai 2 6 118 7 310 4 0 4 I 3'; 12 10 2 2 8 31 94 4 2 2 0 2 311 8 0 4 2 37 15 10 2 4 4 32 35 510 2 111 313 0 0 4 4 38 18 10 " 2 6 3 33 2t1.10 0 9 3 9 314 4 0 4 6 40 4 4 2 8 3 34 31.15 0 2 5 9 315 8 0 4 7 41 10 9 210 4 35 339 1 8 2 7 n 317 1 0 4 1 4214 91 21 . 2 7 36 40 8 4 210 1 318 7 0 410 44 611 211 11 -37 41 18 4 212 5 4 0 1 0 5 0 45 18 5 217 5 r 8 43 8 4 211 11 4 1 7 0 3 2 -17 911 3 0 1 39 45 010 217 9 4 3 1 (1 5 4 -19 311 3 3 1 40 46 1 5 10 3 0 9 4 4 7 0 5 6 51 (1 5 3 6 3 41 48 11 8 3 311 4 6 1 0 5 8 52 17 9 3 9 7 42 50 10 0 3 7 4 4 7 8 0 510 51 17 8 313 2 41 59 10 0 310 11 4 9 4 0 6 0 511 19 4 316 11 41 54 11 8 314 9 411 1 0 6 3 59 2 11 4 1 0 45 51 15 U 319 0 412 10 () 6 6 61 710 4 5 6 46 59 0 0 4 3 4 ,4 14 8 0 6 9 63 14 8 410 1 47 01 7 6 4 8 9 416 6 0 7 0 66 4 0 415 2 48 63 16 8 413 4 418 4 0 7 3 68 15 0 5 0 7 40 (36 6 8 418 10 5 0 3 0 7 6 71 611 5 6 4 50 6) 010 5 4 9 5 9 4 0 7 9 74 3 9 512 13 51 71 17 6 510 11 5 4 6 0 8 1 77 2 0 519 0 52 74 16 8 517 10 5 6 8 0 5 80 3 4 6 6 5 53 77 17 6 5 3 810 0 8 9 83 6 4 614 0 54 81 1 8 '6 13 4 511 0 0 9 1 86 12 9 7 2 5 55 84 9 2 7 32 2 513 2 0 9 6 f 0 4 711 51 89 I 8 111 11 515 5 010 0 93 17 1 8 111 57 92 0 3 8 2 8 17 9 010 5 17 9 813 1 58 96 4 2 811 6 0 0 2 010 11 102 4 4 9 5 5 39 100 11 8 9 7 8 6 2 8 011 6 1 , 11 14 4 919 2 CO 105 8 4 10 2 0 6 5 4 012 1 111 13. 0 10 1-1 1 N. B. 'p l o gums marked enposite any age, are the amounts payable if the posf.on progressiug that year of hla life. VI.—PRO4EDURE FAILING PAYMENT OF CONTRIBU- TioNs.—Members failing payment of their contributions tine in January, shall be reported by the Secretary to the meeting of Directors hereinafter appointed to be held in May, so as instructions may be given thereanent ; and if any remain in arrear at the following meeting in July, they shall be struck off from the roll of Members, and forfeit their interest in the Society. In like manner, those fail ing in the payment of their contributions due in July, shall be reported by the Secretary to the meeting of Directors in November ; and if any remain in arrear at the following meeting in January, they shall ho struck off from the roll of Members, and forfeit their interest in the Society,—the Secretary being always bound to intimate the same to those in arrear, at least one month prior to expulsion ; and an entry under his hand, in the Minute-book of the Society, shall be held as evidence of intimation. VII. FuNDA, 110 W TO BE INFESTED.—Tho funds may be laid out in the purchase of heritable property ; lent on heritable security ; lodged in the Chartered, Commercial, or Savings Banks ; be invested in the Public Stocks or Funds ; or deposited with the Bank of England, in terms of the Statute, to account of the " Funds for the Friendly Societies i" and all such securities, except as herein after mentioned, in regard to Government Securities, or Invest ments with the Commissioners for the reduction of the Na tional Debt (see Rule XXVI.), shall be taken in the name of the Treasurer to, and for behoof of, the Society, in whom, agreeably to the Aet 10, Geo. IV. Cap. 56, the whole property and effects of the Society shall be vested. VIII. STATE OF TILE SOCIETY TO BE EXAMINED PERIODICALLY.—tit the close of each year the state of the Society shall be examined into ; and if the sickness or mortality experienced during the year have varied from the calculations on which the con tributions and payments are founded, and a deficiency of stock be thereby occasioned, an assessment per caPita, equal to the deficiency, shall be laid on all the Members, to make up the same ; and, on the other hand, any any excess of capital that may have arisen, shall, afterde_ fraying the expense of management, be taken l'oto consi deration at the end of every ilith year, and appropriated either in reduction of th e contributions or increase of the aliment, or formal into a sinking fund, as the Society may direct. IX.—APPLICATIONS FOR ALIMENT, HOW TO BE MADE. —Members twelve months enrolled, and resident within the Parliamentary boundaries of the City of Glasgow, oii being incapacitated through sickness from following their usu4l occupation or employment, for the period of seven days consecutively (sea sickness while on board ship ex cepted), shall, on applying to the Preses of the So.;;;ety, either by letter or by production of the Surf;f_bn's eertifl eate, be entitled to receive a wcAly aliment of One Pound ; which aliment shall euincnce, and be paid by the Trea surer within " , arty-eight hours of the Preses' order, and t'`2:' untie to be paid 'until the Member receiving the same be declared convalescent. Ailing Members residing with out said boundary, must accompany their application for aliment by a certificate, in form subjoined, to be re,iewed A Member entering at the age of 23, may redeem at 55 for Xll. 2s. 4d., nr one-fourth of a4b. 93. 2d. = 1/. 15s. 7d., the annual contribution at 28 being one-fourth ot the annual cQliti'lbk\tAQAlit 0.1 vi;. 74 2s. `,14. once a fortnight during the continuance of the indispoiiticn unless otherwise ordered by the Directors. X. ALIMENT RESTRICTED AT THE END OF TWO YEARS. —Whenever any Member shall have received the full al lowance of One Pound per week, for two years in succes sion, his aliment shall be red..:ced to Fifteen Shillings, and remain at that rate se long as his indisposition continues ; but no aliment shall be paid for any pericd exceeding seven days prior to app'icat'on. 111o:curer, if any Member shalt have received the ani.a.int of Twenty Shiliino per week, for a less period lbw] two years, he shall not In allowed to begin his two years over again on the renewal of bicknot, until he shall have ceased to receive any pay whatever on account of sickness for six calendar months ; but if he shall fall ill within that time, he shall be placed in the same situation as when he ceased to receive any relief Born tin; Society. No Member shall he entitled to any tile:;c h he Q sickness, until he shall have di.ehariei All • 'orrears duq tip him to the Society. • l'AttTlAhttY UtiyiTlo). FQA 13 Ug l r:, - ;s.—Members neeillentally mtitilatA, to ) as NI be rendered unfit to follow their usual employment, but. so as to prevent them from pursuing 'some other vocA! l ion for which they may be qualified, shall only he receive the full allowance of One Pound weel::„, until it suitable occupation be obtained ; but s o . - ,posing nevertheless,- ,posing no Such occ upation to be obtained, said Merul" er shall, on the lapse of one year, bO 'reduced to the restricted aliment of Fifteen Shilling; per week, and continue at that. rate so long as the disability remains. XII.—APPEAL COMPETENT WHERE ALIMENT REF - UP",- . —lt shall be competent for Members whose appli %a :" ions for aliment have been refused by the Preses, 'or whose t , e days, aliment may have been suspended, to appeal tc , tors, who shall dispose of the appeal the Direc -1 h ieure upon a verbal hearing of the appellant . or autnoi rnAn datory ; and it shall also be compe.ve , . to bring th e Di rec- Arbiters, by l o d g i ng a. nt review of s of the S ecre t ary , w i t hi n ten tors' decision under minute of appeal in the clays of the date the 07„i 5 1 00. XIII,-.—ALLOWA.Nt E FOR FUNERAL CHARGES.-- 1 %.t. the (loath of a free Met.aher resident w ithi n th e P ar li' bounds of amentary the City of Glasgow, • the friend or relation taking charge of his funeral shall, on applying to the President or Treasurer of the Society, receive Tea Pounds sterbrr, as the ar. - iount due by the Society for funeral charges ; any arrears due to the Society, to ho deducted from this sum. Should the Member be non-resident in Glasgow, a certifi cate of his death, attested by a surgeon and a justice of the peace, or a parish minister, or other satisfactory evidence, and bearing that the applicant is the pror;er person, must. be transmitted to the President before the allowance c,an be paid. Such certificate or evidence to b 6 produccAl in six months from the date of the decease, otherwise the claim shall be fcrfeited. XIV. IVIA.N4t."CAMENT OF THE SOCIETY, HOW VESTED. mt , :,ian - b cment of the Society s h a ll b e veste d i n a Pre cident, Vice-President, Treasurer, and twelve Directors ebo3en from amongst the Members, as laid down in Rule XVI., vNith power at any future period, should it be consi dered proper by a majority of the Members present at. a regularly constituted meeting of the Society, to admit ?o ur , cut of the twelve Directors, to be chosen from arnorAgst the Honorary Members. XV. HONORARY MEMBERS.—Every person, contribut ing by benefaction not less than One Pound, or any sum upwards, shall become an Honorary Member ; but not so as to be entitled by such benefaction or subscription, to any benefit or emolument from the funds of the Society, or he eligible for any office except that of President—for which office, Honorary Members shall be eligible. XVI. GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ANNUALLY, ON THE 10TH JANUARY.—A General Meeting of the So ciety shall be held annually, on the 10th day of Janue'ry, or on the first lawful day thereafter, at such time and place, within the City of Glasgow, as the Directors veay appoint, when the Board of Management ;hall be formed, and Office bearers appointed in manner following ;—The four Mem bers first on the, list of Directors shall retire, and be re placed by each of the Members present handing- to the Se cretary a writing, subscribed by themselves, bea.eing, the names of four eligible Members, to fill said vacancy ; and at not later than thirty minutes after the hoer of meeting, the Secretary, assisted by the Auditors of the Society, shall proceed to make up the election, when the lour Members holding the greatest number of votes shall .be declared to be elected, The board of fifteen shall be completed by the meeting, in like manlier, individually handing to the Secretary the name of the Members desired as President, Vice-President, and Treasurer, when the nominees holding the - the gr ea t es t num b er o f votes s h a l l be declared as elected to said offices re.,pectively ; re a l in case of at equaLty of v o t es , or a majority t e at being obtained, nominees shall b e form e d into n. leet, excluding the lowest, noon whom the meeting stall again vote until a majority of the Members prescnt he obtained for one individual, The said Office-bearers shall hold their respective offices for the ensuing period of twelve mouths ; declaring that no Member who has not been at least one year enrolled in the Society, and who does not either reside or possess a place of business within the prescribed boundaries, shall he eligible for office, Office-bearers rethieg may lee imaiediately re elected. A full statement of the transactions of the Society for the past year, with an account of the existing state of the funds, prepared at sight of the Directory, and prepared and attested in terms of the provisions of the 33d section of the Friendly Society Act, shall he laid before the meeting, and a printed copy of the same delivered to each Member, or to his Agent, within fourteen days after the meeting. XVII.—POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTORS. —The whole affairs of the ' Society shail be under the management of the Directory appointed as in the preced ing Article, who shall i eccive all proposals for altering the Rules ofthe _Society, take cognizance of the funds thereof, and attend to the investment of its surplus capital, as law directs. The Directory shall also specially attend that the Rules be duly enforced, and the requisites of the Acts of Parliament complied with, They shall have power to compromiie all claims for the aliment of Members partially disabled from followire; their usual occupation, as mentioned in Article XI. ; and except in the case oF a permanent settlement of' such claims, tsi alter or vary the rate of such aliment as occasion may require. They shell meet annually on the sixth day of January, or first lawful day thereafter, and on the same days of every alternate month (with power to adjourn), for transacting the ordinary business of the Society. At their meeting in January, they shall-awlit the Treasurer's account of intromissions, and make up a distinct statement of the funds, as' accords with law and these Re gulations. They shall also meet at the close of the elec tion of office-bearers, or on the following lawful day, to nominate the Surgeon, Actuary, and Secretary of the So ciety, appoint two of their number Auditors, and choose the Collector and Officer. These and all other acts of the Directors, to be regularly entered in the Minute-book, subject at all times to the review of the Society ; declaring always, that not less than one-third of the Directors shall constitute a meeting, and that in all cues of parity of vot ing, the President, besides a deliberative shall have the de ciding vote. XVIII. PRESIDENT AND VICE-PitESIDENT.—The Pre sident or Vice-President shall convene and preside at all seceders of the Directors, and General Meetings of the Society ; interrogate, if he think fit, all applicants for ad mission, and on being s &stied with claims for aliment, shall, within forty-eight hours from the date thereof, order payment, during which interval he shall use every means within his power to ascertain the correctness of the claim, by personally visiting the claimant, or directing managers to visit, or otherwise, as he may deem proper ; which powers he shall exercise at discretion. during the continu ance of the claim. He may also call extraordinary meet ings of the Directors, endeat the requisition of at least one -fifth of the whole Members, he shall, within eight days, convene a Meeting of the Managers or of the Society, as , the requisitionists may require. He shall be custodier of the Society's Box, which he shall not open, nor suffer to opened, except in the presence of the Treasurer or Se cretary, or their substitutes ; declaring that the Vice- President shall at all times perform the duties of President. XIX e -TREASUREII.—The Treasurer shall, as often as he may think proper, demand from the Collector whatever money he may have collected ; pay such aliment and funeral charges as the President shall order, and apply the 'surplus funds as the Managers may direct, at no time re taining above Twenty Pounds in his hands for more than ten days, under the penalty of twenty per cent. interest on the excess, He must also be prepared at each meeting of the Society, or Directors, to 'A nibit an account of his intromissions ; and he shall close his accounts as ut 31st December, annually, but continue in office until the election of his successor, when lie shall deliver over to him all the Society's bonds, cash, and other property which he may have under his charge ; and in case of default, a prosecution shall be immediately *nstituted against hint and his cautioners, at the instance of the Society, in name of the officer appointed thereto, in terms of the 14th Section of the Friendly Society's Act. XX.—SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall keep the Minute-book of the Society, and enter therein the minutes of their meclings and those of the Directors ; supply En trants with a copy of the Articles ; keep a roll of the Mem sze., distinguishing th ose i n hers, their designations, agee, the management ; record rejections and expulsions ; act as Accountant to the Society in checktnetlic countersign Treasurer's a ac counts and periodical balances , which l e- ie will haying been duly examined and subscribed by the Auditors, and read the reports to the General Meetings. Ho shall tlsa write n otices to the Members in arrear, and generally :eat as Clerk to the Society, in all that the management may require, He shall likewise transmit to the Advocate appointed to certify the Rules of Friendly Societies, at the ,41d of every fifth year, the returns required in the Schedule annexed to the Act 10, Geo, IV., cap. 56, of ,vhich a copyl is tkgieet) appended, rick %.hail, if appointed by the Directors